{"id":14541,"date":"2026-10-07T12:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T06:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=14541"},"modified":"2026-10-07T14:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T09:09:07","slug":"grand-ethiopian-renaissance-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/grand-ethiopian-renaissance-dam\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The full operation of Ethiopia\u2019s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has shattered Egypt\u2019s historic water hegemony, transforming a regional resource dispute into a high-stakes geopolitical battle over sovereignty, security, and sustainable development. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The GERD, <\/span><b>formerly known <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as the <\/span><b>Millennium Dam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is situated in the <\/span><b>Benishangul-Gumuz region of <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ethiopia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ethiopia<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>near the border with Sudan.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located on the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/nile-river\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Nile<\/a>,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> one of the <\/span><b>main tributaries of the Nile <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">River.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Capacity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: At <\/span><b>6.45 Gigawatts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it is the <\/span><b>largest hydroelectric power plant in Africa.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction Started: April 2011<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project is owned by Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCO).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Features<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It features a 170-meter-high main<\/span><b> gravity dam built using roller-compacted concrete (RCC),<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> flanked by <\/span><b>two hydroelectric power stations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at its base, and a <\/span><b>5-kilometer-long secondary rockfill dam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a concrete facing.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The dam forms a reservoir covering 1,875 sq.km, which can hold up to 74 billion cubic metres of water.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>GERD reservoir is in a deep gorge<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, so its surface area is relatively small compared to its volume.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The powerhouses include 16 generating units of 375 MW each.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Dispute<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><b>Egypt and Sudan fear <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the massive $4.2bn GERD will <\/span><b>severely reduce the share of Nile water they receive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and have repeatedly asked Ethiopia to stop filling it until they have all reached agreement on how it should work.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/earth.org\/how-ethiopias-renaissance-dam-is-redefining-nile-basin-geopolitics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>EAR<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is situated in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia, near the border with Sudan. 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